I think Christopher Columbus would be proud of us. We are doing the business of the Nation that he discovered. and we honor Italian Americans today for all of their contributions. I dont think there is a place in the Nation where the cause for celebration is more lively or more deeply felt than in my State of Massachusetts. where sons and daughters of Italian immigrants have made such an extraordinary contribution in so many different aspects of life. We honor those brave Italian Americans who faced the seas and struggled for their existence. for their deepseated commitment to family and to their religion and for their sense of optimism and hope in coming here to the United States. I think we honor them best by being about the business of working families today on Columbus Day and in the final hours of this Congress.
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